Forex Trading For Beginners Free Books

Forex Trading For Beginners

For many years futures trading has been considered either too risky or too sophisticated for the average

investor.

Most myths are born of ignorance, and the futures myth is no exception. For all too long, futures

trading was either ignored or shunned in economics texts and, as a consequence, the general public

was not educated in the basics of futures. No informed choice could, therefore, be made.

Investments in securities, stocks, bonds and even stock options, however, received considerable

attention. It is generally believed that trading in stocks has more historical justification and, therefore,

more value in an economic education.

There are, in addition, a number of other reasons for the historically diminutive role of futures trading,

few of which are valid.

Generally, objections to futures trading are based on either partial or distorted facts. So, before launching

into an explanation of precisely what futures trading is, it may be necessary to clear the decks of any

misconceptions you may hold.

First, let’s examine some of the standard objections to futures trading, so that we may have a relatively

clean slate upon which to write the new learning.